Weaver



No. 626,255. Patented June 6, I899.' H. M. WEAVER.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

(Appliration filed June 4, 1898.)

(No Model.)

U W I F /a J WITNESSES [N VEN TOR Attorney YHL NORRIS PETERS CD PNO'Q LTKO WASHINGYON O C UNiTn STATES HENRY M. \VEAVER, OE MANSFIELD,

OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BARR CASH ANT) PACKAGE CARRIER COMPANY, OF SAMEPLACE.

STORE-=SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,255, dated June 6,1899.

Application filed June 4, 1898.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. WEAVER, of Mansfield, in the county ofRichland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Store-Service Apparatus; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and I0 use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in store-service apparatus, andparticularly to the class known as double-wire lines, the object beingto provide a simple and durable construction easy to operate and whichshall be eifectual in all respects in the performance of its functions.

lVith this end in view my invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, and pointed out in the claims.

The accompanying drawing represents a viewin side elevation of a portionof a gradeline embodying my invention.

A represents a hanger or support provided at its lower end with acasting 1, to which one end of an arm 2 is pivotally connected, theopposite end of the latter being secured to the lower end of guide-rodThe upper end of this guide-rod is connected to hanger A by a bracket4:.

One end of the propelling-wire 5 is secured to block 6, pivotallyconnected to a slide '7, mounted on the guide-rod, while thecorrespondin g end of stationary track-wire Sis connected to the arm 2at or near its pivoted end or it may be connected to said arm by meansof a block or otherwise. By pivotally attaching the arm 2 to the hangersaid arm will always be disposed at the same angle as that of thestationary track-wire.

The slide 7 consists of a hollow case and is provided with twoantifriction-rollers 9 9, one of which is journaled in the lower end ofsaid case and has its bearing against the back of the guide-rod 3, whilethe other roller is journaled in the upper end of said case and has abearing against the front of said guide-rod. The slide 7 is alsoprovided with a spring-actuated catch 10 for engaging the upper or topSerial No- 682,56'7. (N0 model.)

' portion of the car or carrier 11 for holding same in its normalposition. A cord 12 passes over a pulley 13, supported by the bracket 4,and is attached to a bail 14, carried by the upper inner end of slide 7,or, if desired, the cord may be secured directly to the slide. The lowerend of said cord is provided with the usual handle or pull 15 to operatethe same.

The stationary track 8 is provided with a spring-actuated buffer 16; butI do not wish it understood that I confine myself to the construction ofthe buffer shown, as many other forms of buffers might be utilized withequally as good results.

It will be readily seen that when the operator pulls downward upon thehandle 15 the slide 7 will start to ascend, the car or carrier beingreleased as soon as the spring-actuated 7o catch is elevated slightlyabove said car or carrier, and as the propelling-wire is carried by saidslide the car or carrier will be rapidly propelled along the wire by thespreading of the wire behind the car or carrier. When the handle 15 isreleased, the slide and connected track-wire and catch return to theirnormal positions, and the carer carrier when returned is stopped by thebuffer 10 and locked in its normal position by the spril'ig-actuatedcatch 10.

It is evident that changes in the construction and relative arrangementof the several parts might be made without avoiding my invention, andhence I would have it understood that Ido not restrict myself to theparticular construction and arran gem entof parts shown and described;but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- 9o 1. In a cash-carrier apparatus, thecombination with a hanger, an arm projecting laterally from the upperend thereof,and a guiderod attached to said arm, of a lower armpivotally attached at one end to the lower end of the hanger andconnected at the other end to the guide-rod, a slide 011 the guide-rod,astationary track-wire secured to the pivoted arm inwardly of its freeend and disposed parallel with said pivoted arm and a propelling-wire10o attached to the slide.

2. In a oashcarrier apparatus, the combi- 10 be normally parallel withsaid pivoted arm and a spring-actuated buffer supported on thestationary track -wire at a point near the hanger.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscrib- [5 ing Witnesses.

. HENRY M. WEAVER.' lVitnesses:

H. B. DRILAM, E. L. MARSHALL.

